Rewriting My Heart's Fate

I took a deep breath, looked up, and met Julia's gaze. "I'm up for the DNA test, but there's one thing I need from you first."

"Oh? What's that?" she asked, her eyes narrowing, a smug little smile on her face.

"If the test proves you're wrong, you'll never get involved in my relationship with Ethan again. And you'll owe us a public apology-right in front of the cameras."

The moment I said it, the room fell into whispers. Even Ethan looked shocked.

He grabbed my hand, looking worried. "What are you doing, Evelyn? Don't act rashly!"

I shook my head, my tone firm. "Ethan, is this how you want to live your life-always under someone else's thumb? If we don't stand up and fight this, we'll never get out from under it!"

Ethan hesitated for a moment before finally nodding. "Okay, I'll listen to you."

face hardening. "Mom, I agree to Evelyn's terms. If you refuse, then today's the day we walk away from the Graysons. We'll go our separate ways, and everyone can just move on with their

right words for a while before snapping, "Oh, now you think you're tough,

Zachary tight while they drew a small vial of

I'm right here,"

offered his blood sample, too. His hand tightened around mine, his gaze steady, silently

and left, and the ward fell

minutes later, the test results came in. Theld my breath and took the slip of paper with

at the printed words,

can this be? I was so sure..." she muttered in disbelief, as if she was

my face. Thank God. Finally, fate had shown

on your promise," Ethan said coolly. "You

covered her face